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Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AAAR| Free IPL tickets: Supply of Complimentary tickets is promotion of business; attracts GST

Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling, Punjab: Arun Narayan Gupta Chief Commissioner, CGST Commissionerate, and Kamal Kishor Yadav, Commissioner of State

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court refuses blanket injunction against GODADDY from registering SNAPDEAL trademark; Every infringement must be petitioned separately

Delhi High Court: Pratibha M Singh, J. rejected to pass a permanent injunction order restraining GODADDY and other Domain Name Registrars (‘DNR’)

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether concurrent prosecutions under S. 138, NI Act and S. 420, IPC, will amount to double jeopardy? J&K and Ladakh HC analyses

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: While deciding the instant petitions, the question that came up before that Court

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court grants ad interim injunction against Dabur India for openly disparaging Nihar Naturals Shanti Amla Oil by WhatsApp message

Delhi High Court: Navin Chawla, J. passed an ad-interim injunction in favour of Marico Pvt. Ltd (‘plaintiff’) and found that the advertisement

Case Briefs High Courts

High Court cannot be an expert body for the purpose of forming an opinion on equivalence of degrees; Madras High Court upheld the Government Order

Madras High Court: S. M Subramaniam, J. upheld the government order that stated, the Degree of B.Sc (Biochemistry) awarded by

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court grants Bail to a rape accused in view of the prosecutrix’s deposition as per the requisites of S. 164 CrPC

Delhi High Court: The Single Judge Bench of Yogesh Khanna, J., ordered the release of a 27-year-old accused of rape on bail,

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court | No illegality in delivering foodgrains at the doorsteps of the beneficiaries; WB Duare Ration Scheme upheld

Calcutta High Court: The single bench of Krishna Rao, J., dismissed the writ petition appeal and held that there is

Case Briefs High Courts

Suspecting the character of spouse and making false allegations of extra marital affair in presence of colleagues/ students amount to mental cruelty; Madras High Court grants divorce

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of V. M. Velumani and S. Sounthar, JJ. granted divorce as sought by the appellant-husband on

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi Court grants bail to ALT News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair for an alleged objectionable tweet made in 2018

Patiala House Court, Delhi: Devender Kumar Jangala, J. granted bail to Alt News Co-founder for tweeting the image of a scene in

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court puts an end to about a century-old land dispute under U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act

Supreme Court: While deciding about a century-old land dispute, the Division Bench of Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian*, JJ., upheld the impugned

Case Briefs High Courts

Can examination authorities deny permission for appearance in a competitive exam for violating clothing guidelines? Delhi High Court answers

Delhi High Court: While deciding a writ petition by a student who was not permitted to appear for a competitive exam because

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court deprecates the practice of implicating Advocates as accused along with their clients for offences allegedly committed by clients

Advocates, in addition to being professionals, are also officers of the courts and play a vital role in the administration of justice.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLT| Can a Financial Creditor initiate Insolvency Resolution Process against a Personal Guarantor?

National Company Law Tribunal, Hyderabad: The Bench of N. Venkata Ramakrishna Badarinath, Judicial Member, and Veera Brahma Rao Arekapud, Technical Member held

Case Briefs High Courts

Can plea of poor internet connectivity be entertained if it deprives a student of his entitlement to take admission? Madras High Court directs State to compensate

Digitization is the road ahead. It should lead to empowerment and not deprivation. The “ifs” haunt me. What can the court do in such circumstances when the student is not at fault?

Case Briefs High Courts

Patna High Court| Women have right to marry anyone of choice; Family/Societal Recognition not required under law

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) under Article 16 explicitly states that Men and Women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality, or religion, have the right to marry and form a family. They are entitled to equal rights to marriage, during the marriage, and at its dissolution. A marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.

Legislation Updates Notifications

RBI imposes penalty of more than Rs. 1 crore on Ola Financial Services Private Ltd. for non-compliance with Master Direction on Prepaid Payment Instruments, 2021 and Know Your Customer, 2016

On 12-07-2022, the Reserve Bank of India (‘RBI’) imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore and 67.80 lakh on Ola Financial Services

Case Briefs High Courts

[Stray Dog Menace] Allahabad High Court asks Nagar Nigam to reply why compensation of Rs.10 lakhs may not be awarded to the family of the deceased

Allahabad High Court issues notice to Nagar Nigam on compensation to family after stray dog menace leaves one child dead and other seriously injured

Case Briefs High Courts

Woman cannot be made to choose between career and child; Bombay High Court allows mother to relocate to another country with the child

Bombay High Court: While deciding a custody case, the single judge bench of Bharati Dangre, J. observed that the Family Court failed

Case Briefs International Courts

HEITEC v/s HEITECH| ECJ rules a warning letter for trademark infringement isn’t sufficient to end acquiescence

European Court of Justice (ECJ): In a far-reaching decision, the Bench of C. Lycourgos (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, S.

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court| Vigil to be maintained to prevent noise pollution in general; Sound levels to be within permissible limits

Calcutta High Court: Shampa Sarkar, J. disposed of a writ petition which was filed by an ailing, retired bank employee alleging that